What Was New 20 Years Ago in Estherville
A 1895 snapshot lists a frost on September 23 and a $7 per ton price for coal. Local politics mention Warren Pullen for sheriff H B Davidson for superintendent and O Ressell for treasurer. Other notes include marriages births and a flood of names from Armstrong Estherville and surrounding townships with multiple moves and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Pullen
Asheriff
H. B. Davidson
O. ©. Ressell
Sando Wag
Jack Greek
12 Mile Lake
High Lake
Neville
Aurora
Illinois
J.J. Klopp
Sioux City Fair
France May Give Up Colony At War’s End
The Miquelon archipelago St Pierre and Langlade off Newfoundland is under serious consideration for transfer after the war. French conscription has drained the islands leaving St Pierre populated by the elderly. Many Newfoundlanders think France will cede the islands to gain fishing access in return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miquelon
Newfoundland
St. Pierre
Langlade
Grand Rapids
France
Words reveal gendered vocabulary in private letters
University researchers Cook and O’Shea analyzed 200000 words from private letters and found women favor terms on food, clothing, body, home, care, animals, color, and relationships while men use aggression, contest, domination and institutional life terms. The study notes unclassified words and references Malthus’s 18th century warning on famine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Cook
University of Colorado
M. W. O'Shea
University of Wisconsin
Agricultural boom despite war and low prices
The passage notes that land can yield double or triple the usual output, with wheat prices around 33 percent cheaper than present. Electric tools and phosphate use lower production costs, and last year farm crops reached five times 1879 levels. Millions of acres could be cultivated, yet only about 20 percent of potential is under cultivation.
Tomcat Tom Rittenhouse Honored In Wealthy Square
The grave of Tom Rittenhouse in Rittenhouse Square is cared for by his affluent circle. Tulips and hyacinths brighten the mound where he lived 28 years, with rose bushes around the enclosure and granite head and foot stones marking the grave.
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Tom Rittenhouse
Rittenhouse Square
Tom
Philadelphia Dispatch
New York World
General Joffre rejects baton honor from republic
The tale recounts Poincare presenting multiple marshal batons to Joffre after a French advance in Alsace. Joffre asks if Castelnau has one, noting Castelnau’s royalist stance. He declines, stating neither he nor his colleagues will accept honors the republic denies to a better man.
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Joffre
Poincare
Alsace
Castlenau
Castlewau
Republic
Chocolate Pie Instructions From Old Recipe Text
A fragment outlines making a chocolate pie with milk heat thickeners including sugar corn starch cocoa and salt. It describes yolks and vanilla flavoring and a frosting from egg whites plus sugar, baked in a pie shell.
Imitation Eggnog Method for Children’s Drink
Thoroughly beat an egg with a teaspoonful of sugar in the serving glass. Fill the glass with hot milk and grate nutmeg on top. This beverage is described as nourishing and appealing to children who sometimes dislike solid foods.
Basket Salad Idea with Peppers Beets and Olives
A simple basket shaped salad uses green pepper shells filled with chopped wax beans red beet cubes and stuffed olives. Toss with your preferred dressing and serve as a colorful starter or side.
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Estherville
Iowa
Missea
Down Stairs
Ladies and Childrens
F. M. Shadle & Sons
Nau Brothers
Botter
The
Republican
W. P. Galloway
Union
Geo. Godden
A. C. Myhre
Chicago
Erick Kittleson
Watertown
Armstrong
John Dows
Anna Richmond
Geo. Rogur
Ellsworth Township
Story
City
Mr. Hamilton
Kleimme
VanVolters
H. H. Cook
Cinda McCulla
Irene
South Dakota
W. H. Anderson
Henry Auiandgon
Swan Lake
Towa City
University
Maurice Wilson
Iowe City
Medical Department
State University
Grant Wilder
Mise Ella Ferguson
Maple Hill
Hey. W. M. Evang
Genial
C. B. Matthews of
I. Birney
Richland Mondey
G. Carpenter
Tommy Rand
Lizzie Bingham
M. KK. Whelan
Boston
Frank Hornby
Sheffield
Frank Rhodes
Valenting A. Weir
Tuesaday Moriting
Storm Lake
Buenos Vieta College
Pierre and Miquelon Islands
Malthus
Monaco
Nichols-Deming Auto Sales CO
First Bone East Gardston Hotel
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